American Campus Podcast

Lauren Lassabe Shepherd
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American Campus Podcast

on the social and political history of higher education

  1. HÁ 3 DIAS

    Great Books Debates with Tim Lacy

    Send us a text Tim Lacy lets us in on all things Great Books: champions, curriculums, and controversies. Tim Lacy. 2013. The Dream of a Democratic Culture: Mortimer J. Adler and the Great Books Idea. Palgrave Macmillan.Daniel Wickberg. 2024. A History of American Thought 1860–2000: Thinking the Modern. Routledge.Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen. 2019. Ideas that Made America: A Brief History. Oxford University Press.Earl Shorris. 1997. New American Blues: A Journey Through Poverty to Democracy. WW ...

    35min

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    The American Psychological Association and the War on Terror with Roy Eidelson

    Send us a text On the APA's collaboration with CIA to develop 'enhanced interrogation techniques' for the U.S. War on Terror. Plus, Eidelson's advice for how we can hold our academic and professional organizations accountable when they violate their stated missions. Mentioned in the show: Roy J. Eidelson. 2023. Doing Harm: How the World’s Largest Psychological Association Lost Its Way in the War on Terror. McGill-Queens University Press.Roy J. Eidelson. 2018. Political Mind Games: How the 1% ...

    36min

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    University Archives and Black Market Ancient Artifacts with Roberta Mazza

    Send us a text For centuries, academics and university archivists have participated in and benefitted from the illicit trade of ancient artifacts. Roberta Mazza discusses this history and the academy's role in restoring and repatriating ill-gotten collections. Roberta Mazza. 2024. Stolen Fragments: Black Markets, Bad Faith, and the Illicit Trade in Ancient Artefacts. Stanford University Press.Ariella Aïsha Azoulay. 2019. Potential History: Unlearning Imperialism. Verso. BBC podcast: Intr...

    33min

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    Intellectual Diversity and Campus Misinformation with Brad Vivian

    Send us a text Bradford Vivian unpacks calls for "intellectual diversity" and "free speech," explaining how these seemingly fair-minded demands work to undermine true diversity in the classroom and on campus. Bradford Vivian. 2022. Campus Misinformation: The Real Threat to Free Speech in American Higher Education. Oxford University Press.Bradford Vivian’s Substack, Campus InformationJack Schneider and Jennifer C. Berkshire. 2023. A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door: The Dismantling of Public Educa...

    28min

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    Student Surveillance in the Digital Age with Lindsay Weinberg

    Send us a text Alexa in the dorm room. ProctorU monitoring exams. TurnItIn helping* faculty grade. Tech services are omnipresent on and off campus, and they come with a cost. Lindsay Weinberg offers a critical analysis of today's Smart Universities. Lindsay Weinberg. 2025. Smart University: Student Surveillance in the Digital Age. Johns Hopkins University Press.Tamara Kneese. January 27, 2021. "How a Dead Professor is Teaching a University Art History Class." Slate.Sonel Cutler. March 29, 202...

    20min

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    Experience, Empire, and the Politics of Knowledge with Tamson Pietsch

    Send us a text In 1926, an NYU professor took to the high seas with 500 undergraduates on a worldwide learning voyage. The experimental "Floating University" docked for excursions at nearly 50 ports, where students were introduced to world leaders Mussolini, Gandhi, and others. Tamson Pietsch recounts the endeavor, unpacking the larger story of US intellectual imperialism in the 1920s. Tamson Pietsch. 2023. The Floating University: Experience, Empire, and the Politics of Knowledge. University...

    32min

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    Kingfish U: Huey Long and LSU with Robert Mann

    Send us a text Huey Long, Louisiana's notorious Depression-era governor and rumored presidential challenger to FDR, doesn't get enough recognition for his role in the expansion of LSU's campus throughout the 1930s. Listen as Bob Mann recounts Long's legacy at Kingfish U. Robert Mann. 2023. Kingfish U: Huey Long and LSU. Louisiana State University Press. Check out Robert Mann's other worksRead Robert Mann on SubstackFollow Robert Mann on BlueskyBrowse Niall Williams’s novels Support ...

    26min

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    Safe Spaces and Trigger Warnings with Kendall Gerdes

    Send us a text Kendell Gerdes unpacks popular depictions of "sensitive students" throughout the 2010s. She tackles safe spaces, trigger warnings, #BlackOnCampus, and other student calls for accessibility over the last few years, showing how these matters are not in opposition to faculty academic freedom. Links mentioned in the episode: Kendall Gerdes. 2024. Sensitive Rhetorics: Academic Freedom and Campus Activism. University of Pittsburgh Press. (Use code 29GERDES30 for 30% off)Follow Kendal...

    26min
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    • Criado por
      Lauren Lassabe Shepherd
    • Anos de atividade
      2024 - 2025
    • Episódios
      24
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      © 2025 American Campus Podcast
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